Friday, October 27, 2017

AI Unhindered by Paradigms (part 5)


If AI's like DeepMind AlphaGo are already seeing things in ways we can't comprehend, we may be too slow to recognize their true impact on our society until after they have been integrated into it. We will no doubt see some amazing things from AI's in our future, and because of that amazement, we might make the mistake of allowing AI to have too much influence over our lives. There could be a day where human decisions no longer impact our way of life, replaced by the reasoning of an AI considered to be far superior in intellect. The human race has gone down this path before, with rulers convincing their subjects that they are gods and their decrees are divine, with entire civilizations following blindly. Even in modern times, people look to the government and its leaders to solve all our problems for us, and allow them to make decisions we should be making for ourselves, such as how to raise our children or how many children to have (China). Throughout history, leaders and others working in the government have thought they are smarter and know what's better for people than the people themselves. Imagine a world where the dictates of an AI are what we follow not only because of a mandate, but because we simply can't comprehend its supposedly superior “intellect?” We're at a crucial turning point in history right now. What we decide about AI today will determine what AI will be able to decide for us tomorrow.

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